US says 24 arrested in credit-card hacking probe

NEW YORK, June 26 (Reuters) - U.S. authorities on Tuesdaysaid 24 suspected hackers had been arrested in a worldwide stingoperation targeting illegal trafficking of credit cardinformation.

The two-year operation prevented $205 million in potentiallosses on hundreds of thousands of compromised credit and debitcards, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and federalprosecutors in Manhattan said.